“You’ll Never See It in Galaxy!”
An interesting little historical footnote. Back in 1950, science fiction was still trying to discover itself as a serious genre, …
Tag Archives: Galaxy Science Fiction
The Ship Who Sang – Anne McCaffrey
Girl born with severe physical deformities is encased in titanium and linked up to become the “brain” of a starship. Collects various stories of her many adventures.
The Big Time – Fritz Leiber
A lengthy look at a rest and recuperation center for soldiers fighting a war across the time-streams. A unique Hugo winner closer to a stage play than a novel.
Destination: Void – Frank Herbert
Human clones are sent from Earth as test dummies to colonize a habitable planet in Tau Ceti, overcoming a number of technological and pscyhological hurdles.
The Faded Sun Trilogy – C.J. Cherryh
The coming-of-age of one alien warrior, and the acculturation of one human soldier, set to the epic backdrop of recent galactic war and inter-species intrigue.
The Last Castle – Jack Vance
Super-cultured human gentlemen face extermination at the hands of their insectoid servitor race, who are in full rebellion, sacking each human castle in turn. A fine tale.
The Dragon Masters – Jack Vance
In the future, invading reptilians capture and genetically modify humans. In return, the humans capture and breed their own form of “dragons.”
Hawksbill Station – Robert Silverberg
Hawksbill Station, the prison at the end of time: a gulag in the Precambrian era for political extremists and protesters. A captivating story laden with concepts that demand introspection.
